Investing in others through Prayer
Author: Hugh H. Morgan
When I was a student at Emmanuel College (1952-53), Mrs. Louise Drum, wife of Mr. W. G. Drum, the President, worked in the Post Office. From time to time I would speak with her when I checked my mail box. She was a marvelous listener and a wise counselor. It is my belief that she did more counseling with our students than many highly trained and paid college counselors. Louise used the gifts and talents God had given to her to minister to students like me.
Students need someone who will take time to listen to them. I call that important communications. Those special moments are indeed a valuable investment in young lives.
Discovering who we are in Jesus and His plan for our lives is vital to a young person's spiritual formation and growth.
I did not know it, but years after I had attended Emmanuel College I had the opportunity to speak with Mrs. Louise Drum. I was invited to give the commencement address for the college graduation in 1973 when I was in graduate school in Atlanta as an Air Force chaplain, and in the crowd of people, Mrs. Louise Drum told me that God had impressed her when I was a student to invest in my life and ministry through her prayers. She told me she prayed for me every day since I was a student. I was blown away by that powerful statement by a Godly lady who loves Jesus and cared enough to pray for me daily.
I am convinced that Mrs. Louise Drum's prayers for me helped guide and protect me from following a wrong path when I joined the United States Marine Corps following my one year as a student at Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, GA. I praise God for the spiritual power of answered prayer, and I shall always be grateful for her prayers for me.
May I ask you a question? "Has God impressed you to pray for a young person?"
When I was pastor of Tarkenton Memorial Church, Mrs. Frances Tarkenton often talked with me about her family and her love for them. She prayed for her sons every day: Dallas, Fran, and Wendell. She asked me to pray especially for Fran. I told her I would do that. Since that day, I have been praying for Fran.
I met Fran on two occasions. Ada Jo Carey invited me to hear him speak at Taylor Memorial Chapel on the campus of Emmanuel College about his opportunity God had given him to play football as the quarterback at the University of Georgia. Ada Jo was the executive secretary to Rev. Dallas M. Tarkenton, CEO of Advocate Press and the editor of The Advocate. We got a front row seat and Ada Jo introduced me to Fran.
When I was a student at Asbury Theological Seminary I purchased two tickets to watch Georgia play Kentucky at their football stadium in Lexington, KY. I took my father-in-law, Russell Stewart, to the game. We rooted for Georgia. Fran Tarkenton was the quarterback that night and it was exciting to see him play in an SEC football game. What a brilliant and talented football player he was. Fortunately, Georgia won that game. We were so very proud of Fran and the Georgia Bulldogs.
Mrs. Frances Tarkenton believed that God was going to use Fran one day to be a blessing to many people and he would win many souls to Christ.
In my files, I have a printed copy of Fran Tarkenton's testimony about what it means to be a Christian. It is excellent. It was published by Advocate Press.
I have been told that some Georgia fans called Fran, "Mr. Pentecost," when he played for Georgia. In those days Fran was a witness for Christ.
Join me in praying for Fran Tarkenton. Who knows what God will do through his life, testimony, and witness for Christ? God's Spirit, the Holy Spirit, is moving across this land to save, redeem, and restore people through the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul wrote: "I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: for the Jew first and also for the Greek" (Rom. 1:16, NKJV).
Author: Hugh H. Morgan
When I was a student at Emmanuel College (1952-53), Mrs. Louise Drum, wife of Mr. W. G. Drum, the President, worked in the Post Office. From time to time I would speak with her when I checked my mail box. She was a marvelous listener and a wise counselor. It is my belief that she did more counseling with our students than many highly trained and paid college counselors. Louise used the gifts and talents God had given to her to minister to students like me.
Students need someone who will take time to listen to them. I call that important communications. Those special moments are indeed a valuable investment in young lives.
Discovering who we are in Jesus and His plan for our lives is vital to a young person's spiritual formation and growth.
I did not know it, but years after I had attended Emmanuel College I had the opportunity to speak with Mrs. Louise Drum. I was invited to give the commencement address for the college graduation in 1973 when I was in graduate school in Atlanta as an Air Force chaplain, and in the crowd of people, Mrs. Louise Drum told me that God had impressed her when I was a student to invest in my life and ministry through her prayers. She told me she prayed for me every day since I was a student. I was blown away by that powerful statement by a Godly lady who loves Jesus and cared enough to pray for me daily.
I am convinced that Mrs. Louise Drum's prayers for me helped guide and protect me from following a wrong path when I joined the United States Marine Corps following my one year as a student at Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, GA. I praise God for the spiritual power of answered prayer, and I shall always be grateful for her prayers for me.
May I ask you a question? "Has God impressed you to pray for a young person?"
When I was pastor of Tarkenton Memorial Church, Mrs. Frances Tarkenton often talked with me about her family and her love for them. She prayed for her sons every day: Dallas, Fran, and Wendell. She asked me to pray especially for Fran. I told her I would do that. Since that day, I have been praying for Fran.
I met Fran on two occasions. Ada Jo Carey invited me to hear him speak at Taylor Memorial Chapel on the campus of Emmanuel College about his opportunity God had given him to play football as the quarterback at the University of Georgia. Ada Jo was the executive secretary to Rev. Dallas M. Tarkenton, CEO of Advocate Press and the editor of The Advocate. We got a front row seat and Ada Jo introduced me to Fran.
When I was a student at Asbury Theological Seminary I purchased two tickets to watch Georgia play Kentucky at their football stadium in Lexington, KY. I took my father-in-law, Russell Stewart, to the game. We rooted for Georgia. Fran Tarkenton was the quarterback that night and it was exciting to see him play in an SEC football game. What a brilliant and talented football player he was. Fortunately, Georgia won that game. We were so very proud of Fran and the Georgia Bulldogs.
Mrs. Frances Tarkenton believed that God was going to use Fran one day to be a blessing to many people and he would win many souls to Christ.
In my files, I have a printed copy of Fran Tarkenton's testimony about what it means to be a Christian. It is excellent. It was published by Advocate Press.
I have been told that some Georgia fans called Fran, "Mr. Pentecost," when he played for Georgia. In those days Fran was a witness for Christ.
Join me in praying for Fran Tarkenton. Who knows what God will do through his life, testimony, and witness for Christ? God's Spirit, the Holy Spirit, is moving across this land to save, redeem, and restore people through the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul wrote: "I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: for the Jew first and also for the Greek" (Rom. 1:16, NKJV).